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MACHINE FOR ATTAGHING BUTTONS.

APPLICATION FILED APB. 17v 1903.

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No. 755,884. PATENTED MAR. 29, 1904.

' H. KERNGOOD.

MAGHINE FOR ATTAGHING BUTTONS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 17. 1903.

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' UNITED STATES Patented March 29, 1904.

HERMAN KERNGOOD, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO THE ALMA BUTTONCOMPANY OF BALTIMORE CITY, MARYLAND, A CORPORATION.

MACHINE FOR ATTACHING BUTTONS- SPEGIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 755,884, dated March 29, 1904.

Application filed April 17, 1903 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN KERNGOOD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore city, State of Maryland, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Machines for Attaching Buttons, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in machines for attaching buttonswithout the use of thread to any articlesuch as gloves,

cloth, clothing, or other fabric the object beis a view in sideelevation of the anvil block or support and its connected parts. Fig. 3is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 4 is a detail view showing thefeed-controller. Fig. 5 is a view showing one kind of fastening meanswhich can be handled by this machine, such as a resilient friction-claspfor gloves, the upper elements a and b constituting the male portion ofthefastener, abeing the outermost button and b the fastener therefor,and 0 and d are the two members of the female portion of the fastener.Fig. 6 is a view of the machine in front elevation; and Fig. 7 is a viewin side elevation of the anvil block or support and its connected parts,taken from the side opposite to that shown-in Fig. 2.

Reference-letter A designates the frame, base, or body portion of themachine, which may be formed'from a casting and is secured to a bench,table, or other suitable support. The frame is provided with arearwardly-project- .ingarm 1, having a sleeve 2 formed thereon. Theforward-end of the frame is ofiset, as at 3, and is provided with abracket 4, as shown, hav- Serial No. 153,072. (No model.)

ing an aperture 5,having a seat 6 formed therein. Extending forwardlyfrom the bracket 4 is an arm 4, provided with a box 7 the bore of whichreceives a plunger 8, sliding there-- in. The box is provided with aplurality of apertured lugs 10 10, in which are received rods 10' 10,and a yoke 57 connects the rods. Coiled springs 58 58surround the rodsand rest upon the lugs 10 10, the upper ends of the springs bearingagainst the yoke to retain the rods at their upper limit of movement.Rod 10 projects through one of the lugs 10 and has securedthereto aforked interchangeable die 9 at its lower end. A spindle 11 is receivedin the sleeve 2, and a plurality of hoppers 14 14 are supported in aninclined position upon the spindle. These hoppers are provided with theusual openings 15 15, discharging onto the aprons 16 16' of chutes 17 17the aprons being supported by means of of braces 12 12.

Pivotally supported in a boss 18 on the frame is a lever-arm 19, theforward end of which is received in a groove 20, formed in the upper endof plunger 8. pivotal support and its engagement with the plunger thelever is offset to provide an aperture 21, adapted to receive the upperend of a pull-bar 22, received in the aperture 5 in thebracket, passingdown in the offset 3, the lower end of the pull-bar being secured in anysuitable manner to a foot-treadle. (Not shown.) The upper end of thepull-bar is slotted to receive a pin 23, carried by the walls of theaperture 21 of the lever. Located in the bracket 4 is a coiled spring24, surrounding the pull-bar, the lower end of the spring resting on theseat or shoulder 6 and its upper end abutting the lever 19 to retain itand the plunger in raised position.

A stud-shaft 25, journaled in the boss 18, to which shaft the lever 19is keyed, is provided with an arm 26, keyed thereto and having a slot 27formed in its outer end for the loose reception of the end of a link 28,the opposite end of which rod is pivotally secured to the outer end of aplate 29, journaled on the spindle 11, and this plate has a pawl 30pivoted Intermediate its thereto, the pawl adapted to engage aratchetwheel 31, keyed on the spindle 11, whereby the spindle is given astep-by-step rotation.

To the base of the frame, at the forward end thereof, beneath the die 9,is placed an anvilblock 32, to which a bell-crank lever 33 is pivotallysecured at its angle, one arm, 34, of the bell-crank constituting theanvil proper, being provided with a recess 35, which recess is adaptedto receive a portion of the fastening delivered thereto by the chute 17,the other chute adapted to deliver the remaining portion of thefastening to the die 9. The recessed arm of the bell-crank lever servesas the anvil proper,since it receives the impact of the blow from theplunger, the anvil-block 32 merely serving as a support and bracetherefor. The remaining arm,37, of the bell-crank has a roller 38journaled thereon, which roller is engaged by a tongue 39, pivotallysecured in an ear 40, formed on the frame and operated by a roller 41,journaled in a projection 42 of the pull-bar 22. A guard or stop 44,secured to the anvilblock, operates to limit the movement of thebell-crank 33 in one direction, and a projection 45 on the bell-crank isconnected with a spring 46, the opposite end of which is secured to theanvil-block, the tendency of the spring being to normally retain thebell-crank at the opposite limit of its movement, or away from the stop.

The anvil-block 32 is provided with a hanger 47, in which is journaled ashort shaft 48,upon the inner end of which is secured an arm 49, adaptedto normally bear against the arm 34 of the bell-crank, and the oppositeend of the shaft has fastened thereto a short lever 50, to the outer endof which is secured a spring 51, the opposite end of which is secured tothe anvil-block 32, the spring being normally under tension to retainthe stop-arm 49 in engagement with the arm 34 of the bell-crank lever33. The spring 51 is lighter and less strong than spring 46. Theanvil-block is also recessed or cut away, as at 62, for the reception ofthe roller 38 when the bell-crank is moved.

A link 52 is journaled at one end to arm on the movable shaft 48, theopposite end of the link being secured to the stem 53 of a valve-disk54, pivotally secured in the chute 17, the disk 54 lying in the chuteand having a segmental or other suitably-shaped recess 55 formed thereinand adapted to receive and inclose one of the fastening members at atime, moving the latter from a position above to a position below thevalve-disk 54, where it can fall by gravity along the chute to therecess 35 in the arm 34 of the bell-crank lever 33, the "alve-disk 54serving as a stop to prevent the remaining fastenings from feeding downto the anvil. A similar valve disk and stem are pivotally attached tothe remaining chute 17, and a link 56 has one end secured to the stemthereof, the opposite end of the link being pivotally connected with abar 59, secured to and moving with the lever 19.

The operation is as follows: Assuming the fastening portions to be inposition in the bellcrank arm and die, the operator places his foot onthe treadle (not shown) attached to the pullbar 22 and depresses thelatter against the action of the spring 24. The downward movement of thepull-bar depresses the lever 19 and plunger 8, as well as causing theprojection 42, carrying the roller 41, to engage and press against thepivoted tongue 39, whose opposite face abuts against the roller 38,journaled on arm 37 of bell-crank lever 33, moving the bell-crankagainst the tension of spring 46 and bringing the arm 34 of thebell-crank, carrying one part of the fastening, against the stop 44.Simultaneously with the movement of the bell-crank lever 33 the pull-bar22, by

vmeans of the lever 19, depresses the plunger 8 and the die 9, so thatas the arm 34, carrying a portion of the fastening, reaches its stop 44the die 9 has exerted pressure thereupon to unite the two portions ofthe fastening and has reached its limit of downward movement. The mannerof securing the fastening members to the material designed to receivethem may be traced as follows: Fastening members a and I) having beenfed to the recess 35 of bell-crank 33 and to the cleft portion 60 of thedie 9, the operator causes the descent of the pull-bar 22, whereby therecessed arm 34 of the bell-crank is moved to the stop 44 and theplunger8 is forced down by lever 19. The end of the plunger protrudesthrough and engages the apertured portion of the die 9, moving the diedownward against the tension of springs 58 58. The reduced end 61 of theplunger presses upon that portion of the fastener a received within thecleft portion 60 of the die and after forcing it through the material towhich it is to be attached and through the aperture in the correlativeportion 6 of the fastener causes a slight spreading of the end of membera against the bottom of recess 35, whereby the two portions of thefastening member are secured to one another. The release of the treadle(not shown) permits the spring 24 to raise the treadle. pull-bar, lever19, plunger, and die, the rise of the pull-bar withdrawing theprojection 42 and roller 41,whereupon the strong spring 46 moves thebell-crank 33 to its normal position and raises the tongue 39. Duringthese operations the reciprocating movement of the lever has rocked thearm 26, which in turn, bymeans of the link 28, operates to oscillate theplate 29, carrying pawl 30, to move the spindle 11 forward one step toeffect the discharge from each of the hoppers of a single fasteningportion. Furthermore, the downward movement of the lever 19 has rockedthe feed-disk 54, lying in the chute 17 by means of link 56, whereby afastening has been received in the recess 55, and

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the succeedingupward movement of the -le ver 19 oscillates the disk todischarge the fastener into'the raceway, and simultaneously therewiththe movement of the arm 49 toward the short shaft 48 by reason of theengagement of arm 49 on shaft 48 with arm 34: of the bell-crank lever,placing the light spring 51 under tension and operating the remainingdisk-valve 54: in chute 17 to discharge a fastening portion by means ofthe link 52.

It is obvious that changes might be made in the form and arrangement ofthe several parts described without departing from the spirit and scopeof my invention, and hence I do not wish to limit myself to the exactconstruction herein set forth; but,

Having thus fully disclosed my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a button-setting machine, the combination with a lever, of aplunger operated thereby, a die engaged by the plunger, the diecomprising a plurality of perforate members.

rigidly disposed with relation to each other, means for supplying thedie with a fastener, a receiver for the correlative portion of thefastener, and means for moving the receiver into and out of alinementwith the die. I

2.. In a button-setting machine, the combination with a lever, of aplunger operated thereby, a die located in the path of movement of theplunger, the die comprising a plurality of apertured members rigidlydisposed with relation to one another, means for supplying a fastener toone of the apertured members, the plunger engaging and moving the dieand means for returning the die to normal position to receive afastener.

3. In a button-setting machine, the combination with a lever and apull-bar pivotally secured thereto, of a plunger operated by the lever,a bell-crank located beneath the plunger, a tongue engaging one arm-ofthe bell-crank, and means on the pull-bar engaging the tongue to movethe bell-crank.

4:. In a button-setting machine, the combination with a plunger andlever for operating the plunger, of a pull-bar for operating the lever,a roller carried by the pull-bar, a bellcrank located beneath theplunger, a movable tongue secured adjacent to and engaging thebell-crank and itself engaged by the roller and means for returning thebell-crank to normal position.

5. In a button-setting machine, the combination with a box, of areciprocating plunger provided with a reduced end received in the box,rods mounted exteriorly of the box, a die carried by one of the rods,the die consisting of a plurality of open members spaced apart from andrigidly disposed with relation to each other, means for discharging afastener onto one of the members, the die located in alinement with thepath of travel of the plunger, the reduced end of the plunger projectingthrough the other of said members to engage the fastener and depress thedie and means for raisingthe die to its normal position.

6. In a button-setting machine, the combination with a chute, adisk-valve pivotally mounted therein and a link connected therewith, ofa bell-crank lever located adjacent the discharge end of the chute, anarm engaged by the bell-crank lever, a shaft on which the arm ismounted, means connected with the shaft for moving it in one direction,the link connected with the shaft and means for operating the bell-cranklever. I

7. In a button-setting machine, the combination with a chute, and afeed-controlling member, of a shaft connected with the feed-con trollingmember, a movable member, an arm carried by the shaft and engaged by themovable member, means for actuating the shaft in one direction, themovable member nor: mally preventing such actuation of the shaft andmeans for operating the movable member.

8. In a button-setting machine, the combi.

nation with a chute and a feed-controlling member, of a shaft connectedwith the feedcontrolling member, means connected to the shaft forautomatically actuating the shaft in one direction, an arm on the shaft,a movable member engaged by the arm, the movable member normallypreventing theautomatic actuation of the shaft in one direction andmeans for actuating the movable member.

9. In a button-setting machine, the combination with a chute and a feedcontrolling member, of a shaft connected with the member, a springconnected with the shaft for automatically rotating it in one direction,an arm on the shaft, a bell-crank lever engaged by the arm and normallypreventing the automatic movement of the shaft in one direction andmeans for moving the bell-crank lever.

10. In a button-setting machine, the combination with a chute and afeed-controlling member, of a shaft connected with the feedcontrollingmember, means for actuating the shaft in one direction, an arm carriedby the shaft, a bell-crank lever engaged by the arm, means connectedwith the bell-crank lever for preventing the movement of the shaft andmeans for overcoming the bell-crank-connected means.

11. In a button-setting machine, the combination with anoperating-lever, a pull-bar and a plunger, of a lever provided with arecess, a chute for conveying a portion of a fastening directly to therecess in the lever, the lever normally lying adjacent the chute, meansfor normally retaining the recessed arm adjacent the chute and means formoving the recess into alinement with the plunger.

12. In a button-setting machine, the combination with an anvil-block, ofa lever provided with a recess, a chute for conveying a fasteningdirectly thereto, means for normally retaining the recess in positionadjacent the chute, an operating-lever, a plunger connected therewith,means for moving the lever to bring the recess into alinement with theplunger and a stop against which the lever is pressed for limiting themovement of the recessed lever in one direction.

13. In a button-setting machine, the combination with a plunger andmeans for operating the same, of an anvil-block, a lever pivotallymounted with respect to the anvil-block, means for feeding a fastenerthereto, means for feeding afastener in position to be directly engagedby the plunger, a shaft suitably journaled on the anvil-block, afeed-controller in the means for feeding the fastener in position to beengaged by the plunger, means connecting the feed-controller and shaft,and means carried by the shaft and engaged by the lever for operatingthe feed-controller.

14. In a button-setting machine, the combination with anoperating-lever, means for actuating the same and a plunger operated bythe lever, of a second lever located beneath the plunger, a chute forconveying a portion of a fastener thereto, a feed-controller located inthe chute, a suitably-journaled shaft, means extending between the shaftand feed-controller, means connected with the shaft and normally tendingto actuate the same in one direction, an arm carried on the shaft andengaging the second lever, and means for actuating the second lever andthe plunger.

15. In a button-setting machine, the combination with a chute and afeed-controller, of a lever, the chute conveying a fastener thereto,means connected with the lever for normally retaining it at one limit ofits movement, a shaft connected with the feed controller, means securedto the shaft for actuating it in one direction, an arm carried by theshaft and engaging the lever for normally preventing the movement of theshaft in one direction, and means for operating the lever.

16. In a button-setting machine, the combination with an operating-leverand a pull-rod secured thereto, of a projection mounted on the pull-rod,a pivoted member engaged by the projection, an anvil-block provided witha recess therein, a lever mounted on the anvilblock, one arm of thelever receiving and carrying a fastener, the remaining arm en gaged bythe pivoted member, and a plunger with which the fastener-carrying armis normally out of alinement, the pivoted member forced against theadjacent arm of the lever to force the fastener-carrying arm intoalinement with the plunger.

17. In a button-setting machine, the combination with a plunger, of alever located beneath the plunger, the lever provided with a recess forreceiving a fastener, and normally out of alinement with the plunger,means for feeding a fastener to the recess in the lever, means formoving the recessed end of the lever into alinement with the plunger,the recessed lever constituting an anvil to receive the stroke of theplunger and retain the fastener during the fastening operation.

18. In a button-setting machine, the combination with a plunger, of alever located beneath the plunger, means for conveying a fastener to thelever, the lever normally lying out of alinement with the plunger, meansfor moving the lever into alinement with the plunger, the leverconstituting an anvil to receive the stroke of the plunger and retainthe fastener during the fastening operation.

19. In a button-setting machine, the combination with a plunger andmeans for operating the same, of an anvil-block located beneath theplunger, an oscillating anvil pivotally secured to the anvil-block,means for feeding a fastening member to the anvil, means for normallyretaining and automatically returning the anvil to a position out ofalinement with the plunger, and means operated simultaneously with theplunger for moving the anvil into alinement therewith.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification inpresence of two witnesses.

HERMAN KERNGOOD.

Witnesses:

E. WALTON BREWINGTON, ROBERT C. RHODES.

